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Re: cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build

From Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build
Date 2015-09-11 12:10 +0200
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On 11-09-15, 10:58, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> Not module "unplug" (I've never heard it called that before).  A module
> with a module_init() but no module_exit() can only be added to a running
> kernel, and never removed.  That's intentional behaviour.

Ah, I see. I wasn't sure that a module with no module_exit() can't be
removed.

> However, if you're talking about hot-unplug, presumably you're talking
> about _CPU_ hot-unplug, and that's something the code should definitely
> handle irrespective of whether it's built-in or a module.
> 
> The two issues are entirely separate.

Bah, all this time I meant module insertion/removal, sorry :(

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viresh
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cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-09-11 10:20 +0200
  Re: cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> - 2015-09-11 10:20 +0200
    Re: cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> - 2015-09-11 10:30 +0200
      Re: cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-09-11 10:40 +0200
        Re: cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> - 2015-09-11 10:40 +0200
          Re: cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-09-11 11:40 +0200
            Re: cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> - 2015-09-11 11:50 +0200
              Re: cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-09-11 12:00 +0200
                Re: cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> - 2015-09-11 12:10 +0200
                Re: cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-09-11 12:20 +0200
                Re: cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> - 2015-09-11 12:20 +0200
    Re: cpufreq: mediatek: allow modular build Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-09-11 10:30 +0200

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